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The document provides an overview of major themes and racial issues in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, including:
1) Primitivism and the paradox that traveling into the "heart of darkness" in Africa leads the characters not closer to innocence but farther from it.
2) Uncertainty pervades the story with unclear descriptions and an uncertain figure in Kurtz ruled by noble and destructive impulses.
3) Imperial authority and how those in Africa gain power through force and exploitation of the local population.
4) Religion and how Conrad seems to critique all religions in their portrayal in the story.
5) Illness, which appears physically and mentally for many characters in
The document provides an overview of major themes and racial issues in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, including:
1) Primitivism and the paradox that traveling into the "heart of d…